Entry № 5833 · Tigrinya origin

Lemlem Lemlem — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ lem-LEM /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Tigrinya
Meaning
"Lush / blooming (Liya Kebede's fashion label)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Amharic)

A name that means "lush / blooming (liya kebede's fashion label)".

Lemlem is from the Tigrinya and Amharic ለምለም (lush, blooming, verdant).

Lush / blooming.

The name in its native script.

ለምለም
Transliteration
Lemlem
Pronunciation
/ lɛmˈlɛm /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lemlem stands.

Lemlem does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lemlems before her.

Real people
Liya Kebede
Ethiopian supermodel + Lemlem founder.
born 1978
In fiction
Lemlem
Iconic Liya Kebede fashion brand.
2007

Names connected to Lemlem.

The number behind Lemlem.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lemlem reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.